Genetic Contributors to Obesity.

Gastroenterol Clin North Am

MGH Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford Street, Suite 430, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, 222 Berkeley Street, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02116, USA. Electronic address:

Published: June 2023

Genetic forms of obesity contribute to ∼7% of severe obesity in children and adolescents. The exact global prevalence of monogenic and syndromic forms of obesity is not well established, most likely due to missed or delayed diagnosis. The challenge in determining the prevalence can be attributed to the lack of consensus on identifying and evaluating symptoms of genetic defects in a timely manner and hence a vastly undertested patient population. Further large-scale and long-term studies are needed to advance the understanding of this unique phenotype of obesity and effective treatment options."

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